The #PBParty New Draft Challenge & Critique Train starts NOW & lasts all of March 20–22 EDT 🚂Write a new PB draft 🚂Shout 'DONE' on this post 🚂Add your name to the Critique Train Google doc: tinyurl.com/CritiqueTrainD… 🚂CELEBRATE! 🎉 🚂FAQ: tinyurl.com/CritiqueTrain Good luck ✨✨

Have you checked out the 2025 #PBParty Illustration Showcase? The talent is AMAZING! Everyone is welcome to browse. Agents, editors & ADs request more from author/illustrators by number at the bottom of the post. mindyalyseweiss.com/pbparty-illust… Hurry! The showcase closes Sunday.

Last chance to check out the 2025 #PBParty Showcase! Agents, editors & ADs browse the 55 finalists & Illustration Showcase & request in the comments. mindyalyseweiss.com/pbparty-2025-s… Here's a sneak peek at the 10 author/illustrator finalists! #agents #editors #kidlit

It's #PBParty Celebration Sunday! What has you happy dancing? 🎉I'm so excited for all the PBParty showcase requests. So many agent offers are coming in, too! Fingers and toes crossed for lots of magical matches this year. 🎉Editor feedback that will make a HUGE difference!

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Honoring National Feelings Day with books by 📚 Jolene Gutiérrez--writer & librarian 📚 A.J. Irving 🩷💜💙 Molly Ruttan LaRonda Gardner Middlemiss #SPD #feelings #emotions #nationalfeelingsday

Do you remember when you joined X? I didn't...until Twitter reminded me. #MyXAnniversary

I had the best time with my younger daughter and grandpuppy. I miss them so much already. Can't wait to see them again at the end of the month. I'm counting the days! And OMG--he is so cute, cuddly, kissy and could play 24/7.

#PBParty honorable mentions update: I've received lots of messages/e-mails asking when honorable mentions will be announced. I'm hoping to get them up by the end of next week, but might need a bit longer. I'll explain more in the PBParty Participants Facebook group. :)

The #PBParty New Draft Challenge & Critique Train starts NOW & lasts all of April 17-19 EDT 🚂Write a new PB draft 🚂Shout 'DONE' on this post 🚂Add your name to the Critique Train Google doc: tinyurl.com/CritiqueTrainD… 🚂CELEBRATE! 🎉 🚂FAQ: tinyurl.com/CritiqueTrain Good luck ✨✨

Looking forward to teaching my webinar, WRITING VIBRANT SECONDARY CHARACTERS with Mid-Atlantic scbwi, on Tuesday, April 29, 7 p.m. ET. ($30/ $15 SCBWI premium members) Register here: scbwi.org/events/writing…

Huge congrats! 🎉

OMG, I didn't realize until I saw your message. Thank you so much! 💖 I couldn't get on the backend of my site, but Bluehost did an incredible job of fixing it for me. Lots of things going on at home so #PBParty honorable mentions aren't up yet--but should be soon (I'm

2025 #PBParty honorable mentions are up. Congrats everyone! 🎉 I'm happy dancing for those on the list & sending hugs & cyber chocolate to those who didn't make it in this year. 🍫 Keep working and putting yourself out there & I know your YES will come. mindyalyseweiss.com/2025-pbparty-h…

The #PBParty New Draft Challenge & Critique Train starts NOW & lasts all of May 15 – 17 EDT 🚂Write a new PB draft 🚂Shout 'DONE' on this post 🚂Add your name to the Critique Train Google doc: tinyurl.com/CritiqueTrainD… 🚂CELEBRATE! 🎉 🚂FAQ: tinyurl.com/CritiqueTrain Good luck ✨✨

Enter to win one of 6 prizes of a five-page novel critique from guest editor Michelle Barker on the Writers Helping Writers blog. Good luck! :) writershelpingwriters.net/2025/05/phenom…

Check out this amazing post from Michelle Barker, Senior Editor at Darling Axe Editing. The way she shows how to deconstruct novels is brilliant! Enter for a chance to win one of 10 EBooks of Story Skeleton: The Classics. Good luck! writershelpingwriters.net/2025/05/readin…

Over at the Writers Helping Writers blog, Liz Alterman shares how to begin your novel with the end goal in mind and avoid mistakes she’s made. She’s giving away a query critique and an EBook to celebrate her newest release, Claire Casey’s Had Enough. writershelpingwriters.net/2025/06/beginn…

Writers, please hear this: Your book idea is not too weird, too quiet, or too niche. It might just need another draft. A stronger voice. Cleaner execution. That’s not failure—that’s growth. 👉 buff.ly/gjTFD8n

Big news: Cathie and I launched a brand-new Substack post series just for fiction writers—real, no-fluff deep dives into story craft, scene structure, character arcs, and more. Come write with us! 👉 buff.ly/anZIh85 #WritingCommunity